Via TreeHugger, a cool alternative to rubber seems to be in the works....from everyday dandelions. Discovery News
is highlighting an interesting development in the field of rubber.
Via True Majority
And for an explanation of why committing to nuclear disarmament makes sense as a national priority, don't miss Matthew Yglesias' On Day One contribution.
Show the world we understand that our national security depends on the economic, environmental, and political health and well being of the globe.
1) Appoint envoys to resolve the Kashmir & Israeli-Palestinian conflicts (peace in these regions would diminish global terrorist tactics);
2) Accept the challenge of 100% renewable electricity in 10 years without damaging the global food supply;
3) Call Americans to service to fulfill the Millennium Development Goals;
4) Practice what we preach.
“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations- entangling alliances with none.”
- Thomas Jefferson ********
"It’s hypocritical to dismiss certain founding principles simply because a convenient rationale is needed to justify interventionist policies today. The principles enshrined in the Constitution do not change. If anything, today’s more complex world cries out for the moral clarity provided by a noninterventionist foreign policy."
--Ron Paul
in this sensitive super atomic era and
over speculative trade practices it should be the concern of the new presidency to radiate in to worid mind the healing touch of spirituality